Sunday, September 6, 2015

HAIL MARY AND RISE & SHOUT



HAIL MARY and RISE & SHOUT!!!

THE BYU FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYED
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS!
NEBRASKA HAD NOT LOST A SEASON OPENER IN
29 YEARS!!!

UTAH STATE HAS PLAYED NEBRASKA 12 TIMES! 0-12
UTAH HAS PLAYED THEM 4 TIMES.  0-4
SUU HAS PLAYED THEM.  0-1
BYU PLAYED THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2015.  1-0
NEBRASKA VS THE STATE OF UTAH  17-1

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
BYU . . . 1
NEBRASKA . . . 5


UPON ARRIVAL THE DAY BEFORE, THE TEAM GOES
TO THE STADIUM FOR A WALK THROUGH...AND PICTURES.

HEAD COACH, BRONCO MENDENHALL, TAKES IT ALL IN.



IT'S ALWAYS SELFIE TIME.


WHEN THE COUGARS ARE ON THE ROAD, INSTEAD OF
A BIG DINNER THE NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME,
THEY HOLD A FIRESIDE AT AN LDS STAKE CENTER.
THEY ARE ALWAYS 
PACKED!

COACH MENDENHALL SPEAKS.
(I TAUGHT HIS LITTLE BROTHER, JAKE)

QUARTERBACK TAYSOM HILL

SINGERS

VIEW FROM THE BACK


ON GAME DAY, THE NEBRASKA STADIUM BECOMES THE 3RD LARGEST 
"CITY" IN NEBRASKA...AFTER OMAHA AND LINCOLN!
SOME OF THE CROWD WERE MY
"BYU TWINNERS!"
ALEX & AUSTIN HANSEN
THEY ALWAYS HAD SEASON TICKETS.
ALEX NOW LIVES IN WISCONSIN.
I SAW AUSTIN AT THE JAZZ VS MIAMI GAME LAST WINTER.

SEA OF RED

MARGARET & GARTH TAYLOR WERE THERE.
THEY WERE IN THE 10TH WARD WITH ME.
CHAD IS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL THERE.
THE BOY IN THE MIDDLE IS STEPHANIE'S SON.

THE SARDONI'S
MICHAEL (TOP)
JACOB (BOTTOM)
WERE WITH THEIR DAD AT THE GAME.
THEIR DAD WAS BORN IN LINCOLN.

MITCH MATHEWS SCORES EARLY IN THE GAME


HILL TO MATHEWS
THEY USED TO BE ROOMMATES

 #31  CATHY'S GRANDSON, SAE TAUTU

DOWN 28-27 WITH 1 SECOND LEFT ON THE CLOCK,
AND OUR 2ND STRING QUARTERBACK IN FOR
TAYSOM HILL (ANOTHER SEASON ENDING INJURY EARLIER),
TANNER MANGUM THREW UP A
"HAIL MARY" PASS
(A "HAIL MARY" PASS IS WHERE YOU JUST THROW IT UP,
 AND PRAY SOMEONE CATCHES IT)
TO MITCH MATHEWS.

MIRACLE!!!


THE HERO

MY FAVORITE PART WAS WHEN TERENN HOUK HUGGED THE
CLOSEST PERSON TO HIM...THE REF!
(BOTTOM OF PICTURE)


3 MONTHS AGO, THIS GUY WAS IN CHILE, 
FINISHING UP HIS MISSION.
NOW...HE'S THE STAR!!!
AND, ONLY A FRESHMAN!!!
TANNER MANGUM.


 I DIDN'T KNOW BRONCO HAD ANY LIFE IN HIM!

THE TEAM SINGS THE
COUGAR FIGHT SONG

RYKER MATTHEWS #72
HE LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HIS MOM, BECCA ROTHEY, WAS MY VISITING TEACHER...AND I WAS HERS.
RYKER GOT TO CARRY OUT THE TEAM FLAG WHEN THE
TEAM RAN ONTO THE FIELD!
HE'S AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, AND A SENIOR.

MY COUGAR TWINNERS AGAIN...WITH THEIR DAD IN THE MIDDLE.

BRONCO-PALOOZA IN THE LOCKER ROOM.
SAE IS THE ONLY PLAY YOU CAN SEE!

BRONCO AND THE NEW NEBRASKA COACH COACHED TOGETHER
AT OREGON STATE.

THIS SAYS IT ALL FOR A HUSKER FAN!
THE 29 WINS IN A ROW SEASON OPENER STREAK IS OVER!!!
BYU 1   NEBRASKA 0


MANGUM TO MATHEWS
THE MIRACLE AT MEMORIAL!!!

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